Publishing vs Merchandise - What's the difference?
publishing | merchandise |
The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.
Something published; a publication.
* 2002 , Elizabeth Blades-Zeller, A Spectrum of Voices
(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
(archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
(archaic) To engage in the trade of.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
To promote as if for sale.
As verbs the difference between publishing and merchandise
is that publishing is while merchandise is .As a noun publishing
is the industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.publishing
English
Noun
- I read as much as I can: Journal of Singing, the Journal of Research in Singing, and the publishings of the Voice Foundation.
Derived terms
* publishing house * publishing date * publishing firmVerb
(head)merchandise
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Alternative forms
* merchandize , merchaundise (obsolete),merchaundize (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- ''good business depends on having good merchandise
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.Synonyms
* wares * productVerb
(merchandis)- (Francis Bacon)
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
- He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
- The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.